The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the place? And a whisper, a whisper… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There are indeed 'values' in the Harry Potter series, but they're confused with anti-values. Potterworld is a scrambled moral universe. There are… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
The supernatural is ubiquitous in children's entertainment, from Grimm and Hans Andersen to Disney and 'Harry Potter.' — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Nobody sells books like J.K. Rowling. We have a rule in publishing: Never compare anything to 'Harry Potter' because it's like lightning… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
“He lingered in the periphery of her vision, studying her as she shaped a tall vessel. Her fingers had an enchantment to… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter… — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
But I can't imagine Harry being a stockbroker at 35. That doesn't really seem the stuff of 'Harry Potter'. — David Heyman Copy Share Image
For me, the triad of 'Harry Potter,' the 'Hunger Games' and 'Twilight' feature strong women, and as a declared feminist, it's a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I remember him reading 'Sleeping Beauty,' and he would play the score by Tchaikovsky as he read it. We'd also read 'Winnie… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
'Harry Potter' made it cool to read children's fiction, and 'Twilight' did the same for a slightly older age group. What I'm… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
You know a lot of what worked on this was taken from Harry Potter 2, the little Doby character, we had a… — Dennis Muren Copy Share Image
I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do Harry Potter or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction,… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I only discovered the 'Harry Potter' series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
Since I had children, I cry all the time - I just had a little cry in 'Harry Potter And The Deathly… — Hugh Dennis Copy Share Image
Audiences seem to have a limitless appetite for vampires and for fantasy in general. Unlike many other British actors, I haven't been… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
I'm a 'Harry Potter' fan, a 'Twilight' fan, and I think 'The Hunger Games' surpasses them all. — Malese Jow Copy Share Image
I think readers are always patient. Look at the 'Harry Potter' series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good, but don't bet… — Joel Siegel Copy Share Image
I started to write as a child as soon as I could read, or even before, when my mother read me Beatrix… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
